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Her name was Heidi, and she was Hitler's daughter. It began on a rainy morning in Australia, as part of a game played by Mark and his friends. It was a storytelling game, and the four friends took turns weaving tales about fairies and mermaids and horses. But Anna's story was different this time: It was not a fairy tale or an adventure story. The story was about a young girl who lived during World War II. Her... (more)

America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

by Sarah Bradford

"Some of the most personally knowledgeable observations about <Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis> that have ever been put into print." (The Boston Globe) "Compulsively readable." (The Washington Post) Acclaimed biographer Sarah Bradford explores the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the woman who has captivated the public for more than five decades, in a definitive portrait that is both sympathetic and... (more)

A Thousand Days of Magic: Dressing Jacqueline Kennedy for the White House

A Thousand Days of Magic: Dressing Jacqueline Kennedy for the White House

by Oleg Cassini

There are moments in history where events converge to create something rare and special. Jacqueline Kennedy's selection of Oleg Cassini to design her personal wardrobe as First Lady was one of those moments, not only in fashion history, but political history as well. As creator of the "Jackie look," Cassini made the First Lady one of the best-dressed women in the world and a glamourous icon of the Kennedy era. ... (more)

Cooking for Madam: Recipes and Reminiscences from the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Cooking for Madam: Recipes and Reminiscences from the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

by Marta Sgubin

Marta Sgubin came to the United States in 1969 as governess to Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. She regarded the move as temporary and was secretly planning to return to Europe very quickly. Twenty-five years later, when Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died, Marta was still with her. When she first arrived, Marta was an unusual combination of extreme sophistication and unexpected naïveteé not surprising,... (more)

Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber

Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber

by Anthony Giddens

Giddens's analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has become the classic text for any student seeking to understand the three thinkers who established the basic framework of contemporary sociology. The first three sections of the book, based on close textual examination of the original sources, contain separate treatments of each writer. The author demonstrates the internal coherence of their... (more)

Jackie Chan #4: Enter...The Viper (Jackie Chan Adventures)

Jackie Chan #4: Enter...The Viper (Jackie Chan Adventures)

by Jacqueline Carrol

All of the Women of the Bible

by Edith Deen

All the women of the Bible offers a rich biographical perspective on evey female figure in scripture -- including the famous, the little-known, and even the unnamed. In more that 300 engaging and insightful portraits, Edith Deen brings alive the saints and sorceresses, queens and servants, mothers and daughters, wives and widows whose profound influence is felt through-out the Bible. "You can almost trace light... (more)

Classical Sociological Theory

by George Ritzer

Written by one of the foremost authorities in the world on sociological theory and a junior colleague (and former student) who specializes, and has already published widely, in theory, this market-leading text gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major classical theorists and contemporary schools of sociological thought. Key theories are integrated with biographical sketches of the lives of theorists to... (more)

American History: A SurveyRichard Nelson Current, etc., Alan Brinkley, T.Harry Williams, Frank Freidel

American History: A Survey

by Alan Brinkley

This survey aims to balance social and cultural with the political and diplomatic history. It aims to help instructor to organize his or her course in many different ways confident that the text will support both the topics discussed in class and provide students with the ideal book for self-study. Every chapter begins with a summary of major themes and ends with a boxed chronology entitled "Significant Events",... (more)

Camelot at Dawn: Jacqueline and John Kennedy in Georgetown, May 1954

Camelot at Dawn: Jacqueline and John Kennedy in Georgetown, May 1954

by Orlando Suero

An intimate photo essay of John and Jacqueline Kennedy's first year of marriage in their Georgetown home. "I have just seen McCall's and so has Jack and we are so happy . . . They are the only pictures I've ever seen of me where I don't look like something out of a horror movie. If I'd realized what a wonderful photographer you were . . . I never would have been the jittery subject I was. Poor Orlando!... (more)

The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis: Portrait of a Rider

The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis: Portrait of a Rider

by Vicky Moon

In The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis , Vicky Moon illuminates just how vital a role horses played throughout Jackie's often tumultuous life. Jackie's mother propped her up on a horse when she was just a year old, and throughout her childhood Jackie turned to her pony Buddy to distract her from the stress of her parents' precarious marriage. As a woman struggling under the intense pressures of her... (more)

A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE - An Intimate Biography Of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnassisC. David Heymann

A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE - An Intimate Biography Of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

by C. David Heymann

Jackie O. Das Leben der Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.

Jackie O. Das Leben der Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.

by Donald Spoto

Uncommon Grace, Reminiscencess and Photographs of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, intro by Nina Auchincloss StraightJ.C. Beck, J. Spencer Suares

Uncommon Grace, Reminiscencess and Photographs of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, intro by Nina Auchincloss Straight

by J.C. Beck, J. Spencer Suares

All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy

All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy

by Edward Klein

The private bonds that united John and Jacqueline Kennedy hove always remained shrouded in secrecy and misunderstanding. Now Edward Klein, a former editor of The New York Times Magazine -- and a friend of Jackie -- recreates the Kennedy marriage in unprecedented detail, shedding new light on the relationship at the heart of Camelot. From their first meeting in 1951 to the President's assassination in 1963, this... (more)

Janet and Jackie: The Story of a Mother and Her Daughter, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Janet and Jackie: The Story of a Mother and Her Daughter, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

by Janice Pottker

Despite hundreds of books and thousands of articles on Jackie Kennedy, surprisingly little is known about her mother's role in her life and achievements. Often dismissed as a social climber who faded into the woodwork after she divorced Jackie's father-the dashing, disreputable "Black Jack" Bouvier-and married the rich Hugh D. Auchincloss, Janet not only played a pivotal part in Jackie's own wedding to JFK, but... (more)

Jacqueline Kennedy: A Biography

by gordon hall

The first biography of Jackie, written not long after the assassination. Focuses on the aftermath. With photos.

America's Queen The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisSarah Bradford

America's Queen The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

by Sarah Bradford

One Special SummerJacqueline Kennedy; Radziwill, Lee Bouvier Onassis

One Special Summer

by Jacqueline Kennedy; Radziwill, Lee Bouvier Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier (Modern First Ladies)

Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier (Modern First Ladies)

by Barbara A. Perry

In a mere one thousand days, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy created an entrancing public persona that has remained intact for nearly forty years. Even now, a decade after her death, she remains a figure of enduring-and endearing-interest. Yet, while innumerable books have focused on the legends and gossip surrounding this charismatic figure, Barbara Perry's is the first to focus largely on Kennedy's White House years,... (more)

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by Jackie French

by Sarah Bradford

by Oleg Cassini

by Marta Sgubin

by Anthony Giddens

by Jacqueline Carrol

by Edith Deen

by George Ritzer

by Alan Brinkley

by Orlando Suero

by Vicky Moon

by C. David Heymann

by Donald Spoto

by J.C. Beck, J. Spencer Suares

by Edward Klein

by Janice Pottker

by gordon hall

by Sarah Bradford

by Jacqueline Kennedy; Radziwill, Lee Bouvier Onassis

by Barbara A. Perry